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Campaigners say some of the wood is going to companies supplying Ikea, though it and logging firm deny wrongdoing

Laws to protect biodiversity in Ukrainian forests are failing to prevent environmentally unsustainable logging that is harming wildlife, and the resulting timber is being sold to EU consumers as ethical and sustainable, a green campaign group has alleged.

Trees are being felled during silent periods, when forests are supposed to be left intact so that birds and other wildlife can nest and reproduce, according to an investigation by the environmental charity Earthsight.

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California’s cross-border ETS linkage with Quebec does not present any conflict with the Trump administration’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement, and the federal government’s Foreign Affairs Doctrine challenge to the programme is rooted in unsupported speculation, according to court filings released late Monday.

Imposing a border carbon adjustment (BCA) on EU imports can be combined with continued free ETS allowances, an EU trade body said on Tuesday, seeking to soften the EU’s apparent hard line on the issue.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) granted an extension on Monday for regulators to craft an ETS rule aligned with the Northeast US cap-and-trade programme, with a state agency slated to use the additional time for collecting feedback from environmental justice and affected fossil fuel communities.

A number of EU environment ministers on Tuesday backed a 2030 EU-wide emissions reduction target of 55% below 1990 levels, with some nations even wanting to raise the bloc's ambition still further.

Letter signed by 29 organisations, including the Church of England, states financial institutions have a duty to tackle climate change

Investors managing trillions of dollars in assets have warned Brazil that escalating deforestation and the “dismantling” of policies to protect the environment and indigenous communities are “creating widespread uncertainty about the conditions for investing”.

Amazon destruction rose to its highest level in more than a decade last year, Brazil’s first under the leadership of Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right nationalist who has vowed to develop the region and slash environmental protections.

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Laser labs that detect ripples in space-time may have witnessed a new class of cosmic object.

EUAs surged almost 4% early on Tuesday, racing to a new four-month high above €25 as wider markets rallied on better-than-expected economic data and reassurances about the US-China trade deal.

We answer some common questions about the America's Perseverance rover mission to Mars.

Two carbon specialist firms have partnered to develop cook stove carbon offset projects with co-benefits in Africa and Asia, for which they are still pursuing funding. 

An Australian project developer has delivered the first batch of carbon credits under one of the biggest contracts for the government's Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), nearly four years after the deal was signed.

When it comes to water infrastructure, America’s challenges resemble those of a developing country. It’s time for that to change

How can it be that in the midst of a pandemic, children living in the richest country in world history are being poisoned by tap water? For decades, our government has put corporate profits ahead of guaranteeing its people the right to clean water. We have neglected the most basic public investments to keep Americans healthy and safe. Now, as America battles an unprecedented public health crisis, we can no longer continue along a course in which companies have been allowed to buy up, privatize, and profit off a basic human right. The solution is not more privatization – it is for Congress to end decades of neglect and immediately invest billions into our public water systems so that we can finally guarantee clean drinking water to everybody.

That’s why we joined with Representative Ro Khanna to introduce the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (Water) Act. This comprehensive legislation would provide up to $35bn per year to overhaul our water infrastructure across the nation.

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Guardian US commissioned an analysis of the cost and affordability of water and sewage services in 12 diverse American cities

Guardian US commissioned the economist Roger Colton, an authority on the affordability of utilities, to analyse the cost and affordability of water and sewage services in 12 diverse American cities. The objective was to investigate the extent of water poverty in the US over the past decade, and consider what the future may hold.

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The Guardian – in partnership with Consumer Reports and others – is launching a one-year series of investigations highlighting the US water crisis

Almost exactly 10 years ago, on 28 July 2010, the United Nations declared water a human right under international law. And not just any water, but clean water – and sufficient water for “drinking, personal sanitation, washing of clothes, food preparation, personal and household hygiene”.

Imagine a country where, 10 years years on, over two million people are denied access to running water and basic indoor plumbing.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to weigh on ETS prices worldwide for the next two years, with price expectations for the coming decade also dropping, according to an annual survey of carbon market participants and observers published on Tuesday.

The winning shots of the 2020 Hamdan International Photography Award capture both ethereal underwater scenes and our human relationship to the sea

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The completion of the BeiDou-3 navigation system comes as tensions rise between Beijing and Washington.

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NSW has started to plan more seriously for a lower-carbon future. Currently, though, there is pretty much a complete lack of teeth, a lack of skin in the game.

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The bigger the project, the better economies of scale, new data shows, while Australia's pipeline of mega-scale projects makes it a world leader.

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